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Fab_Franz
Jul 02, 2019Copper Contributor
Unable to Delete Content Type
We have a content type that was incorrectly created on one of our site collections. 100 days ago, I deleted all instances of the content type in site collection and subsite libraries. I have since ve...
Rob Ellis
Jul 02, 2019Bronze Contributor
Just guessing here, but if you have any retention policies configured, is it possible that some items in a preservation hold library are referencing the content type?
- Fab_FranzJul 02, 2019Copper ContributorNot a bad idea - we don't have any retention policies defined, so there are no preservation hold libraries on the site collection or subsites.
That is a good point though - I wonder if the previous versions of a converted file being the content type might be preventing deletion. I'm unsure how to modify content types of past versions. That might be a venue to tackle.